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Call for PEI to establish an AC

05/25/2019

According to Canada's Criminal Code, prizefighting {MMA, boxing, or any combat sport) is illegal unless it is sanctioned by an athletic commission set up under the authority of the province's legislature. John Morrison, director of sport, recreation and physical activity with P.E.I.'s Department of Health and Wellness, said there have been discussions over the years about setting up such an AC, "but up to this point in time there really hasn't been a decision to move forward in that direction." Paul Abel, owner of Wulfrun MMA in Charlottetown, notes hundreds of fans will travel out of province to watch local pro Morgan Rhynes fight: "We can hear our fans in the audience but it's different than say somebody who's fighting from New Brunswick who builds a local fan base. And this is a negative for our fighters, for sure. ... I think done properly and marketed properly and everything, I do think that it would be well-received. I'm amazed how many people cross that bridge to follow this sport and to follow their local fighters. It really is quite impressive." h/t CBC

Valentina Shevchenko names her #1 handgun

Why Anthony Smith dislikes Luke Rockhold in reality

05/25/2019

“The Conor thing, there’s either real beef, or he’s funny about it. It’s very clear that what Conor is doing is promotion. But Luke’s isn’t like that. He’s genuinely attacking me. There’s no promotion here, he’s just being an @$$#0!#. ... I wasn’t raised like that. You talk like that in Nebraska, you’re going to get dragged out by your ears and get the $#!@ beat out of you. ... You don’t get pay-per-view points. I don’t get PPV points. You’re not making any more money by being an @$$#0!#. So what are we doing here? ... I’m not a pretty boy like him. Nobody wants to take pictures with me in the club. I’ve got to work for a living, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m working. I’m not out here trash talking people for no reason. That’s why nobody likes him. Nobody in the UFC likes him. None of the staff likes him. None of the executives like him. None of the fighters like him. So he can sit pretty and eat his meals on TMZ and talk all the $#!@ all he wants. But at the end of the day, no one likes you, and sometimes that’s what matters most.” h/t MMA Junkie

Why Ronys Torres just parted ways with PFL

05/25/2019

The Brazilian lightweight was not licensed for a fight vs. Ramsey Nijem on Thursday, reportedly over eye surgery he had over a decade ago. However, as PFL does many events in NY, he came to an agreement with the promotion for a release. “It’s upsetting because I’ve trained hard and cut weight for this fight. It was a dream for me to be part of this show. They have great athletes, the level is high, but I knew I could get to the finals, but I always leave my life in God’s hands. The good thing is that the doors are open for me at PFL. I spoke with Ray Sefo, told him that I wanted to continue on the league, and he told me to take care of my eye and come back in 2020, that he wants to see me fighting there next year because he likes my style, he likes that I always going for the finish.” h/t MMA Fighting

Justin Willis disputes reports he has been released from UFC

05/24/2019

A UFC official confirmed that ‘Big Pretty’ had been released; the cause is believed to be turning down a fight vs. Walt Harris at UFC on ESPN 4. However, Willis notes he's 4-1 in the league, so a release “doesn’t make sense. ... It was a big miscommunication and a technical difficulty between me and the UFC. I’ll put it like that. But everything has been worked out, and you will have a fight in the near future. ... If it was August, or he had a bigger name … just because you want something doesn’t mean you’re going to get it. I’m after people with bigger names. ... My goal is to be quicker, faster and prettier. When I come back, I’m coming back with a vengeance. Picasso didn’t rush his art, and I’m not going to let these f@%$ing boys rush ‘Big Pretty’s’ art. And [Harris, Tai Tuivasa, and Curtis Blaydes] can kiss my black ass.” h/t MMA Junkie

JUDGEMENT DAY: The story of the UFC getting run out of town

Alexander Volkanovski reveals he could have lost his leg

05/24/2019

"We were pretty lucky the plane stopped in Chile rather than if I'd got on the next flight. Within a couple of hours I would have had to tell them we've got to turn this flight around, and by then the damage would have been done and I could have lost the leg, lose your life. That stuff's very, very serious, but it didn't get to that stage. We got it just at the right time; we left it too long where it rocked me so much, but we got in just in time for it not to do serious damage." h/t ESPN

Woodley diagnosed with chronic arthritis

05/24/2019

Woodley, post hand specialist visit: “I have chronic arthritis in my joint right here. There’s three joints that enable me to grab and grip. One has chronic arthritis and this one has severe arthritis. There’s a few different ways to heal and fix the problem permanently but it’s something you wouldn’t do if you were still active, because it limits your range of motion and grip. The temporary fix is to rehab it, get it stronger, get the flexibility to start to grab and grip, then 10 days before the fight let’s try to do a cortisone shot. I have the UFC checking on cities and states that allow you to have cortisone shots.” h/t MMA Mania • Watch TMZ Sports The Hollywood Beatdown

"This is a dangerous fight for Nate Diaz, especially coming back - he hasn’t fought since Conor McGregor, right? 2016, that’s three years ago. That’s a long time. Now, he’s a pentathlete or whatever he is. Triathlons and all that type of stuff. That’s all well and good, but that doesn’t mean just cause someone runs around a f@$%ing track and swims a bunch they can go in there and fight. Now of course he has the mentality but still, and I say this with respect cause I respect both Diaz brothers and what they’ve accomplished in this sport, time away from the sport can change things. And three years is a lot of f*cking time and Pettis has still been in there the whole time.” Pettis and Diaz fight at UFC 241 on 8/17. h/t MMA News • Listen to Believe You Me podcast

ONE's Cosmo Alexandre on what's next

05/24/2019

Cosmo Alexandre is 37, and an 89-bout kickboxing veteran with multiple world titles, and is 8-1 with 6 KOS in MMA. With 3 fights left on his ONE contract he wants to retire soon knockouts: ”I’ve fought everyone and won everything I could win in muay thai. The major titles, I’ve fought and won them all, so there’s no goal left. And neither in MMA. Being the ONE champion, being a UFC champion, I don’t have that [desire]. The thing for me now is making money. I want to retire soon, so all I think about is money. Having good fights, of course, to finish my career on a high note, and make money. It’s up to ONE now. I have can fight muay thai, kickboxing or MMA there.” h/t MMA Fighting

DC to enter Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

You know ur getting old when you start making ur way into Hall of Fames, what an honor to be getting inducted into the Tragos/Thesz professional wrestling hall of fame. I’m truly honored to receive this award. (With the big dog my heavyweight Nick Villarreal) @Nick_v147pic.twitter.com/ETUqydKb4n

Jim Ross explains reality to MMA fans

05/24/2019

“Some of those MMA guys just don’t like pro wrestling, so they’re not gonna endorse anything that might indicate that pro wrestling has some tangible value. If you’re an MMA fan and you’re gonna get pissed off at pro wrestling, then I hope you get equally pissed off at movies and dramatic television shows. It’s a different entity, I don’t even know how you compare the two. Comparing the two shows your ignorance. ‘Well, it’s not real.’ No shit! Did you know that John Wayne was not a cowboy? ... What Lesnar brought to MMA was headlines, pay-per-view buy rates, but did he contribute to the legacy of the heavyweight division? Is he going to be known as one of the great heavyweights of all time? Is he going to be a UFC Hall of Famer? I don’t know the answer to those things, but they’re still up in the air somewhat.” h/t MMA Mania • Watch MMA Junkie Radio interview

Dan Hardy responds to Paulie Malignaggi criticism of MMA fans

05/24/2019

“It disappoints me that he is grouping all MMA fans together. We are not all grouped together, we are not poking fun at boxing because they wear pads, we do respect it and it’s often been boxing that has drawn the ‘us vs you’ argument because of the rise of MMA. To claim the deaths in boxing is ridiculous, to say we’re the toughest sport because we have the most deaths is silly. Maybe what we should do is analyze why there are deaths in boxing and see if we can fix it, and part of the problem maybe is [that] they are wearing padded hands. Now Paulie is going to get a very different look when he’s bare-knuckle boxing cause he’s going to break both his hands on Artem Lobov’s head. He’s got soft hands and no punching power as it is…He’s also set the bar very high now because if he goes into this fight against Artem, he breaks both his hands and he can’t continue to fight what’s he going to do, tough guy it through? What we’re interested in is the most efficient and effective style of fighting. It’s not a comparison with boxing, it never has been. I appreciate the art of boxing, but it is a small element of the whole of combat sports and it has been so refined that it is not really very realistic in real combat.” h/t BJPenn.com • Listen to MMA on SiriusXM podcast

Call for PEI to establish an AC

05/25/2019

According to Canada's Criminal Code, prizefighting {MMA, boxing, or any combat sport) is illegal unless it is sanctioned by an athletic commission set up under the authority of the province's legislature. John Morrison, director of sport, recreation and physical activity with P.E.I.'s Department of Health and Wellness, said there have been discussions over the years about setting up such an AC, "but up to this point in time there really hasn't been a decision to move forward in that direction." Paul Abel, owner of Wulfrun MMA in Charlottetown, notes hundreds of fans will travel out of province to watch local pro Morgan Rhynes fight: "We can hear our fans in the audience but it's different than say somebody who's fighting from New Brunswick who builds a local fan base. And this is a negative for our fighters, for sure. ... I think done properly and marketed properly and everything, I do think that it would be well-received. I'm amazed how many people cross that bridge to follow this sport and to follow their local fighters. It really is quite impressive." h/t CBC

Valentina Shevchenko names her #1 handgun

Why Anthony Smith dislikes Luke Rockhold in reality

05/25/2019

“The Conor thing, there’s either real beef, or he’s funny about it. It’s very clear that what Conor is doing is promotion. But Luke’s isn’t like that. He’s genuinely attacking me. There’s no promotion here, he’s just being an @$$#0!#. ... I wasn’t raised like that. You talk like that in Nebraska, you’re going to get dragged out by your ears and get the $#!@ beat out of you. ... You don’t get pay-per-view points. I don’t get PPV points. You’re not making any more money by being an @$$#0!#. So what are we doing here? ... I’m not a pretty boy like him. Nobody wants to take pictures with me in the club. I’ve got to work for a living, and that’s what I’m doing. I’m working. I’m not out here trash talking people for no reason. That’s why nobody likes him. Nobody in the UFC likes him. None of the staff likes him. None of the executives like him. None of the fighters like him. So he can sit pretty and eat his meals on TMZ and talk all the $#!@ all he wants. But at the end of the day, no one likes you, and sometimes that’s what matters most.” h/t MMA Junkie

Justin Willis disputes reports he has been released from UFC

05/24/2019

A UFC official confirmed that ‘Big Pretty’ had been released; the cause is believed to be turning down a fight vs. Walt Harris at UFC on ESPN 4. However, Willis notes he's 4-1 in the league, so a release “doesn’t make sense. ... It was a big miscommunication and a technical difficulty between me and the UFC. I’ll put it like that. But everything has been worked out, and you will have a fight in the near future. ... If it was August, or he had a bigger name … just because you want something doesn’t mean you’re going to get it. I’m after people with bigger names. ... My goal is to be quicker, faster and prettier. When I come back, I’m coming back with a vengeance. Picasso didn’t rush his art, and I’m not going to let these f@%$ing boys rush ‘Big Pretty’s’ art. And [Harris, Tai Tuivasa, and Curtis Blaydes] can kiss my black ass.” h/t MMA Junkie

Woodley diagnosed with chronic arthritis

05/24/2019

Woodley, post hand specialist visit: “I have chronic arthritis in my joint right here. There’s three joints that enable me to grab and grip. One has chronic arthritis and this one has severe arthritis. There’s a few different ways to heal and fix the problem permanently but it’s something you wouldn’t do if you were still active, because it limits your range of motion and grip. The temporary fix is to rehab it, get it stronger, get the flexibility to start to grab and grip, then 10 days before the fight let’s try to do a cortisone shot. I have the UFC checking on cities and states that allow you to have cortisone shots.” h/t MMA Mania • Watch TMZ Sports The Hollywood Beatdown

"This is a dangerous fight for Nate Diaz, especially coming back - he hasn’t fought since Conor McGregor, right? 2016, that’s three years ago. That’s a long time. Now, he’s a pentathlete or whatever he is. Triathlons and all that type of stuff. That’s all well and good, but that doesn’t mean just cause someone runs around a f@$%ing track and swims a bunch they can go in there and fight. Now of course he has the mentality but still, and I say this with respect cause I respect both Diaz brothers and what they’ve accomplished in this sport, time away from the sport can change things. And three years is a lot of f*cking time and Pettis has still been in there the whole time.” Pettis and Diaz fight at UFC 241 on 8/17. h/t MMA News • Listen to Believe You Me podcast

DC to enter Tragos/Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame

You know ur getting old when you start making ur way into Hall of Fames, what an honor to be getting inducted into the Tragos/Thesz professional wrestling hall of fame. I’m truly honored to receive this award. (With the big dog my heavyweight Nick Villarreal) @Nick_v147pic.twitter.com/ETUqydKb4n

Dan Hardy responds to Paulie Malignaggi criticism of MMA fans

05/24/2019

“It disappoints me that he is grouping all MMA fans together. We are not all grouped together, we are not poking fun at boxing because they wear pads, we do respect it and it’s often been boxing that has drawn the ‘us vs you’ argument because of the rise of MMA. To claim the deaths in boxing is ridiculous, to say we’re the toughest sport because we have the most deaths is silly. Maybe what we should do is analyze why there are deaths in boxing and see if we can fix it, and part of the problem maybe is [that] they are wearing padded hands. Now Paulie is going to get a very different look when he’s bare-knuckle boxing cause he’s going to break both his hands on Artem Lobov’s head. He’s got soft hands and no punching power as it is…He’s also set the bar very high now because if he goes into this fight against Artem, he breaks both his hands and he can’t continue to fight what’s he going to do, tough guy it through? What we’re interested in is the most efficient and effective style of fighting. It’s not a comparison with boxing, it never has been. I appreciate the art of boxing, but it is a small element of the whole of combat sports and it has been so refined that it is not really very realistic in real combat.” h/t BJPenn.com • Listen to MMA on SiriusXM podcast

"This is a dangerous fight for Nate Diaz, especially coming back - he hasn’t fought since Conor McGregor, right? 2016, that’s three years ago. That’s a long time. Now, he’s a pentathlete or whatever he is. Triathlons and all that type of stuff. That’s all well and good, but that doesn’t mean just cause someone runs around a f@$%ing track and swims a bunch they can go in there and fight. Now of course he has the mentality but still, and I say this with respect cause I respect both Diaz brothers and what they’ve accomplished in this sport, time away from the sport can change things. And three years is a lot of f*cking time and Pettis has still been in there the whole time.” Pettis and Diaz fight at UFC 241 on 8/17. h/t MMA News • Listen to Believe You Me podcast

ONE's Cosmo Alexandre on what's next

05/24/2019

Cosmo Alexandre is 37, and an 89-bout kickboxing veteran with multiple world titles, and is 8-1 with 6 KOS in MMA. With 3 fights left on his ONE contract he wants to retire soon knockouts: ”I’ve fought everyone and won everything I could win in muay thai. The major titles, I’ve fought and won them all, so there’s no goal left. And neither in MMA. Being the ONE champion, being a UFC champion, I don’t have that [desire]. The thing for me now is making money. I want to retire soon, so all I think about is money. Having good fights, of course, to finish my career on a high note, and make money. It’s up to ONE now. I have can fight muay thai, kickboxing or MMA there.” h/t MMA Fighting

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